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Type
Opinion
Filed
May 24, 2019
Case
United States v. James Duckett
Case status
Decided

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Randolph, Senior Circuit Judge: James T. Duckett appeals his latest sentence of 24 months' imprisonment. He claims that his sentence should have been lower and that the district court did not sufficiently explain why it was imposing a term of imprisonment greater than the Sentencing Guidelines range. We have framed the issue in terms of Duckett's "latest sentence"…

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